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PRONUNCIATION OF WAIT-A-WHILE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WAIT-A-WHILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wait-A-While is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WAIT-A-WHILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wait-a-while

Wait-a-while may refer to: ▪ Acacia cuspidifolia, a plant that occurs in Western Australia ▪ Smilax australis, a vine that occurs in eastern Australia and the Northern Territory ▪ Calamus australis, a climbing vine-like palm ▪ Calamus muelleri, a climbing vine-like palm...

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WAIT-A-WHILE

wait
wait on
wait up
wait-a-bit
wait-and-see tactics
wait-listed
Waitangi Day
Waitangi Tribunal
Waite
waiter
waiterage
waiterhood
waitering
waiting
waiting game
waiting list
waiting room
waitingly
waitlist
waitperson

WORDS THAT END LIKE WAIT-A-WHILE

Anglophile
audiophile
awhile
bibliophile
chile
cinephile
erewhile
erstwhile
hydrophile
meanwhile
nucleophile
once in a while
otherwhile
paedophile
pedophile
Santiago de Chile
somewhile
the while
while
worthwhile

Synonyms and antonyms of wait-a-while in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wait-a-while» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WAIT-A-WHILE

Find out the translation of wait-a-while to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wait-a-while from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wait-a-while» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

等待-A- ,而
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

esperar -a- tiempo
570 millions of speakers

English

wait-a-while
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इंतजार एक समय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انتظر واحد في حين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подождите - а-а
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esperar -a- enquanto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একটু অপেক্ষা কর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

attendre - un - tout
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tunggu sekejap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wait-A- , während
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

待ち、しばらく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대기 - 한 - 동안
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wait-a-while
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chờ đợi - một - trong khi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காத்திருக்க ஒரு போது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतीक्षा-एका-वेळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bir süre bekleyin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aspetta - un - po
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czekaj - a-While
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

почекайте - а- а
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

așteptați - o în timp ce -
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιμένει - ένα - ενώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Wag -´n- terwyl
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vänta - a -medan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vente - en - stund
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wait-a-while

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WAIT-A-WHILE»

The term «wait-a-while» is very widely used and occupies the 8.985 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WAIT-A-WHILE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wait-a-while» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wait-a-while» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wait-a-while

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAIT-A-WHILE»

Discover the use of wait-a-while in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wait-a-while and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ghost Armies: Fukuoka; the Wait-A-While Vine
Ultimately it is the story of an unlikely friendship. This is an extraordinarily moving collection of poetry about love, endurance and the human condition.
Andrew Sneddon, 2012
2
A Variety of Verses
I. Can. Wait. aWhile. Would I like to have a mansion Where I could live in style? That's to be desired, I guess, But I can wait a while . Would I like to have great riches, Gold and silver to compile? That may not come in this life; So I'll just wait a  ...
Vermell Reddick, 2007
3
School of Music, Theatre & Dance (University of Michigan) ...
Take it, laddie dear! Take it, do! He: Foolish wee lassie, I don't want it of you! Das irdische Leben (Earthly Ufe) "Mother, о Mother, so hungry I! Give me bread or I shall die!" "Wait a while! Wait a while, my darling o! We tomorrow reaping will go.
University of Michigan. School of Music, Theatre & Dance, 1985
4
Stinging Trees and Wait-a-Whiles: Confessions of a ...
" As Laurance writes in the preface, the book is "not a typical account about scientific research--at least I hope not, for my colleagues' sake.
William Laurance, 2000
5
A Gun and Cherries in the Bucket of Blood
He was also slow to act. If you ever wanted him to do something, you'd hear his pat response, “Yeah, yeah, wait a while.” Uncle Lottie had a slight stutter that wasn't at all limiting. You either got his “wait a while” response or “undo, wait a while.
Greg Casadei, 2014
6
Three Shattered Souls
Gus' claim to fame was his admiration for saying, "Wa wa wait a while. Would ya? " Initially, I didn't know whether it was a joke or he was serious, because I never heard anyone using that expression before. But anytime asked a question which  ...
James Wilde, 2009
7
Behind Mt. Baldy
They had to weave around fallen logs and through a patch of wait-a-while. Here Stephen got caught up. He avoided the more obvious thicker tendrils but a thin one caught the back of his shirt. He stopped almost at once but not before the bush ...
C. R. Cummings, 2011
8
Traditional Japanese Theater: An Anthology of Plays
Do not be faint of heart, just wait a while, sh te: "Wait a while and you'll come home to Kyoto," say the voices coming faint from far away, and faint his hope, but Shunkan there cast down beneath the shoreline pines stifles his sobs and bends  ...
Karen Brazell, 1998
9
Saving Grace
The building of the canoe took several weeks, working mostly during the cooler parts of the day, especially mornings. Late afternoons were reserved for fishing, at which I had became quite adept. Wait-a-while tendrils make a good fishing line .
Michael Murphy
10
Below Bartle Frere: A North Queensland Story
Graham experimented with this when they came to the first wait-a-while plant which was blocking their path. He was quite familiar with wait-a-while so was careful. Even so, a mighty swipe with the machete failed to sever one of the thin tendrils ...
C. R. Cummings, 2003

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Wait-A-While [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/wait-a-while>. Apr 2024 ».
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